So now I will pray for all Russian dissenters, who are in great peril. And I will pray for Vladimir Putin, too.

Russia’s play for influence in Central Asia is a wake-up call to the free world.

The success of Prime Minister Najib Mikati in forming a government, where his predecessor-designate Saad Hariri had failed after trying for months to craft a political deal with Hezbollah, marks a clear tilt toward Damascus.

Cubans deserve lives of dignity and freedom that have been so long denied them. The day of liberty is not quite at hand, but it is coming.

Eight weeks after the falsified Belarusian presidential elections, country-wide protests remain steady, and fervent democratic activism has arisen among an unsuspecting source—the Catholic Church. American Christians should follow and take a vocal stance for the Belarusian future.

Those wishing to improve the world should begin with that part of the world over which they have the greatest control: themselves.

Delight in your family and community and boldly have a very happy Independence Day.

The first statue ever erected in Washington that is still in place is the suddenly much-contested one of President Andrew Jackson.

Our world is broken and bending toward chaos, as it was in 1968, as it has been since the Fall, as it will be until Christ returns to make all things new.